The Flower Thief

The Flower Thief (1960)

A beat vagabond traverses San Francisco's deepest nooks and crannies, spreading about a peculiar brand of wisdom and lollygagging.

Date of release
1960-01-01
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (8)
Runtime
59m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Ron Rice

Casting

Interesting facts

The Flower Thief is a 1960 underground film directed by Ron Rice.

Production

Shot in 1959 in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, the film features non-professional actors like Taylor Mead and Eric "Big Daddy" Nord, and Beat poets living in North Beach such as Bob Kaufman. Skippy Alvarez, who worked at Vesuvio's Bar and lived at The Swiss American Hotel, also appears in the film. She had just returned from attempting to bail Bob Kaufman out of jail.

The film was produced for less than $1,000 using black-and-white 16 mm 50' film cartridges left over from aerial gunnery equipment used during World War II.

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